tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post7293106123416781545..comments2015-04-01T00:37:44.149+03:00Comments on Dienekes’ Anthropology Blog: Japanese population substructure (Nishiyama et al. 2012)Dienekeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02082684850093948970noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-72039002929519138302012-04-06T05:02:23.701+03:002012-04-06T05:02:23.701+03:00&quot;the Northern Region, and I assume they are t...&quot;the Northern Region, and I assume they are talking about Hokkaido&quot;<br /><br />The region that is left out is the most interesting bit, as it wasn&#39;t under the ethnically Japanese nation until the Middle Ages.andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08172964121659914379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-19734880633771983202012-04-05T18:13:40.461+03:002012-04-05T18:13:40.461+03:00Is there a reason why the Northern Region, and I a...Is there a reason why the Northern Region, and I assume they are talking about Hokkaido, was left out?Nathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03927286405195976694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-46149975910377386102012-04-05T11:58:20.085+03:002012-04-05T11:58:20.085+03:00This is a &quot;so what?&quot; paper. There are a...This is a &quot;so what?&quot; paper. There are almost no islands that don&#39;t have some differentiation from the adjacent mainland.<br /><br />But, the paper does nothing to frame the magnitude of the differentiation that they observe relative to the region as a whole. Are these islanders more different from the mainland Japanese than Koreans, than the Chinese, than Japanese individuals from the former region of Ezo in North Japan that is excluded from the study? We aren&#39;t told.Andrew Oh-Willekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02537151821869153861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-66420288158656919332012-04-05T02:35:52.144+03:002012-04-05T02:35:52.144+03:00&quot;genetic variation between both populations m...&quot;genetic variation between both populations might be clinal&quot; <br /><br />That would be my default assumption, unless some other explanation is proven.terrythttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17327062321100035888noreply@blogger.com